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Post by HC13 on Jul 15, 2019 18:38:35 GMT -5
Brittany Keil '07 was a legite 6'2, SG/W, 1,000 career pts, although last 2 years suffered from a variety of nagging injuries but always seemed to get herself on the court.
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Post by HC13 on Jul 17, 2019 7:39:37 GMT -5
Current State of affairs, the good news is that the 3 prior verbals all appear to be still on board, The less good news is that we still have at least 2 available scholarships & we need some bigs in this class.
Status of known offers: Cote – verbal to UNH Ali Brigham - verbal to GW Owens – reclassified to ‘21 Forman – reclassified to ‘21 Kranbuhl – verbal to Monmouth Stanfield – verbal to Penn Brenna McDonald - verbal Yale Swider – verbal to Villanova DeMember-Shazer – uncommitted, but starting to get a lot of interest, recent offers include Binghamton & St. Bonnies Weimer – uncommitted, but has 12 other offers including recently Georgia Tech & West Virginia Budnick – uncommitted, but has 12 other offers including recently Richmond & Penn
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Post by longsuffering on Jul 17, 2019 10:58:17 GMT -5
Brittany Keil '07 was a legite 6'2, SG/W, 1,000 career pts, although last 2 years suffered from a variety of nagging injuries but always seemed to get herself on the court. IIRC, She got her 1000th point on national TV in the last game of her career in the NCAA Tournament, which was one of the feel good moments of that year's big dance. The announcers did a good job on that story. They must have been well prepped by the HC SID staffer assigned to WBB that year.
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Post by HC13 on Jul 17, 2019 13:35:31 GMT -5
You are correct, last points of her career. At that point she was hobbled by leg/knee injuries. I seem to remember both legs were heavily wrapped for that game. I distinctly remember TV showing Duke coach, Gail Goestenkors instructed players on the sideline to back off on defense to let her score her 1,000. If memory serves, she scored on a 3 late in the game & then came out.
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Post by rgs318 on Jul 17, 2019 17:10:59 GMT -5
Her three was compliments of the Duke coach. I remember what she did and said at the time I would always be grateful for that show of class. (I also wished that the Cooz had done as much for Rich Murphy - Mr. 999.)
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Post by hchoops on Jul 17, 2019 20:09:34 GMT -5
Gifts like that are not always welcomed by the recipient since they are not truly earned. I think that Murph(RiP) would not have valued a gift like that from Cooz, who probably realized that if he was aware of the goal of 1000. i doubt Cooz himself would ever appreciate such a gift in his distinguished career. having known Rich even after HC, I think he was not bothered by the 999.
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Post by hchoops on Jul 21, 2019 16:17:55 GMT -5
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Post by breezy on Jul 22, 2019 6:29:25 GMT -5
This tweet by Holy Cross Women's Basketball shows where our coaches are traveling for recruiting over the next few days.
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Post by hchoops on Jul 22, 2019 11:52:24 GMT -5
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jul 22, 2019 17:15:59 GMT -5
Based on the map, it appears the staff has expanded the recruiting foot print to beyond the Allegheny’s and to the south of the Chesapeake.
Hopefully the new regime will be looking for athletes throughout the U.S. and Canada.
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Post by HC13 on Jul 22, 2019 18:15:34 GMT -5
Based on the map, it appears the staff has expanded the recruiting foot print to beyond the Allegheny’s and to the south of the Chesapeake. Hopefully the new regime will be looking for athletes throughout the U.S. and Canada. Not really, these locations are where the summer AAU tournaments are during the live period. They go where the tournaments are, pretty much same as always.
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jul 22, 2019 20:07:37 GMT -5
Thanks for the clarification regarding why they are west of the Mississippi, and below the Mason Dixon line. 😎
Based on the map, I still hope that there may be athletes attending the camps and tournaments in Minnesota, Iowa and Georgia, that do not reside in our past recruiting foot print, may be of interest to HC.
We will see how the offers go out after the evaluation and no contact time is over.
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Post by HC13 on Jul 23, 2019 5:52:50 GMT -5
Thanks for the clarification regarding why they are west of the Mississippi, and below the Mason Dixon line. 😎 Based on the map, I still hope that there may be athletes attending the camps and tournaments in Minnesota, Iowa and Georgia, that do not reside in our past recruiting foot print, may be of interest to HC. We will see how the offers go out after the evaluation and no contact time is over. My understanding is that these particular tournaments have teams from across the country, so it is likely they will have an opportunity to evaluate players outside of their normal geographical recruiting grounds. I think we will get a better feel regarding a new approach to recruiting once the Head Coach position is finalized. Not a big fan of the Interim approach as I think it does put them behind the eight ball for filling out the '20 & "21 classes.
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Post by hchoops on Jul 23, 2019 7:21:09 GMT -5
At our level, is there much negative recruiting, thus making the interim tag a potential weapon against us ?
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Post by rgs318 on Jul 23, 2019 7:27:47 GMT -5
On a parallel note...I received thank you notes from our football and women’s hoop coaches. Nothing yet from the men...far too busy at this point, I am sure. The football note was printed and signed. The hoop note was hand written and signed. A small difference, but it does seem to show a nice level of commitment to the team and program by that extra effort.
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Post by HC13 on Jul 23, 2019 7:53:54 GMT -5
At our level, is there much negative recruiting, thus making the interim tag a potential weapon against us ? A bit, but I think any kid might have some reluctance to commit to a coach who is wearing the Interim label unless all the "other" attractions to HC are overwhelming. In truth, I am very happy/surprised that they have been able to keep the 3 '20 verbals in the fold, I think Steph Davis having a particularly good AAU season and has attracted other interest.
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Post by longsuffering on Jul 23, 2019 21:24:00 GMT -5
On a parallel note...I received thank you notes from our football and women’s hoop coaches. Nothing yet from the men...far too busy at this point, I am sure. The football note was printed and signed. The hoop note was hand written and signed. A small difference, but it does seem to show a nice level of commitment to the team and program by that extra effort. The three coaches and DOBO are in place. It appears Coach Mac is organized and doesn't let the small details slip. The chances of her being the next permanent head coach are well north of 50% imo. No hint of any drama for a change.
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Post by HC13 on Jul 24, 2019 10:00:50 GMT -5
Hmm, some might suggest the entire situation is nothing but drama! That said, unless will begin to hear about some new commits (the '19 signees & the 3 current verbals pre-date the change) to her program soon, concerns will certainly begin to increase. Unfortunately, the major problem with this team going forward hasn't changed. They have a great front line with what most would agree is good depth - Manis, Swords, Ezemma, Demski and hopefully a fully recovered Murphy. The problem, of course, is inconsistent playing and especially scoring in the back-court. As exciting as Avery's play was, her shooting percentages were awful, particularly from the 3 and she's probably the best shooter of the bunch. Hopefully, all our guards spent the summer working on their 3 game, and /or Flaherty/Cross are ready to contribute, if not, I'm not sure we can expect much improvement in their record from last year. That will cause "drama."
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Post by longsuffering on Jul 24, 2019 22:55:36 GMT -5
Good points, but at 18-13 with one win in the PLT, WBB had the best record on campus last year. For most of the other sports, the PL was a mystery wrapped in an enigma and the AHA and Women's HE were equally as challenging for the skaters in purple. I am glad you referenced recruiting because I don't have any direct exposure to that and if there is resistance to signing up for four years with an interim coach at the helm that could qualify as drama.
I have a contrarian sense about recruiting for WBB. I acknowledge that if you recruit across the whole country you naturally will have access to more quality players than just focusing on one region. But over the years many of our best players have come from New England. It is easier to sell a tangible than an intangible, and in New England HC and Worcester are more tangible than they are nationally.
We don't have the consistent twenty win seasons, regular NCAA trips, annual game against UConn, etc. as selling points anymore. Why not let the college and it's location do some of the selling for us. I hope the recruiting time and effort needed to thoroughly cover New England has been invested before heading out nationally where the coaches have to clarify "It's Holy Cross, not Holy Rosary" and "It's Worcester, Mass., not Wooster, Ohio." Plus, how many high school juniors want to commit to a place their friends have never heard of?
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Post by HC13 on Jul 25, 2019 6:46:15 GMT -5
I wouldn’t worry too much since if you look at the current known offers, it's pretty clear that they continue to focus on the Northeast for recruiting, as other than Allen & Budnick, all our offers & verbals are from traditional recruiting areas. Even those two fall into an area, Greater Chicago, where HC has had some recruiting success in the past.
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Post by longsuffering on Jul 25, 2019 7:24:03 GMT -5
Greater Chicago? Perhaps they should leave recruiting brochures in all of the Ihops. If we could find another summer waitress who can drive to the hoop like Maggie Fontana we'll be contenders again.☺️ What a great finisher she was around the basket. One hook to recruit her was her grandfather went to HC and his classmates from 1948 (?) came to games to cheer for her iirc.
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Post by HC13 on Jul 28, 2019 19:36:50 GMT -5
As mentioned earlier, Davis had a great AAU summer seaon, good to see that she is still all in.
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Post by longsuffering on Jul 28, 2019 22:10:27 GMT -5
I clicked onto "see Steph Davis other tweets" and there is a photo of 100 or so AAU players in a gym. They look happy so the activity is positive on it's own, but will most of them receive athletic scholarships to college or only an average of two or three per AAU team?
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Post by HC13 on Jul 31, 2019 5:40:41 GMT -5
C urrent State of affairs, the good news is that the 3 prior verbals all appear to be still on board, The less good news is that we still have at least 2 available scholarships & we need some bigs in this class.
Status of known offers: Cote – verbal to UNH Ali Brigham - verbal to GW Owens – reclassified to ‘21 Forman – reclassified to ‘21 Kranbuhl – verbal to Monmouth Stanfield – verbal to Penn Brenna McDonald - verbal Yale Swider – verbal to Villanova DeMember-Shazer – uncommitted, but starting to get a lot of interest, recent offers include Binghamton & St. Bonnies Weimer – uncommitted, but has 12 other offers including recently Georgia Tech & West Virginia Budnick – uncommitted, but has 12 other offers including recently Richmond & Penn - Verbal to RichmondBudnick verbals to Richmond,, hope more offers are forthcoming.
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Post by timholycross on Jul 31, 2019 11:46:35 GMT -5
I clicked onto "see Steph Davis other tweets" and there is a photo of 100 or so AAU players in a gym. They look happy so the activity is positive on it's own, but will most of them receive athletic scholarships to college or only an average of two or three per AAU team? There's a ton of AAU teams nowadays, so I think you have to specify the level of AAU.
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